Korekado explained the decision as part of a recent HideoBlog podcast, where he said, “Around last year, Xbox 360 sales didn’t really grow [in Japan]”, then Kojima himself added, “‘Bwah?’ I thought [after seeing the projected figures], and if we did release that [number in Japan], there was talk that it would be rough on the brand.”

It’s no secret that Microsoft’s rig consistently suffers small sales each week in Japan, but would the game’s release on Xbox 360 really have hurt the Metal Gear brand as Kojima suggested? Let us know below.